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Lager and Low-Alcohol at BrwLDN

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 / pursuitofabbeyness / 1 Comment

The two leading trends in UK craft beer were prominent at this rebranded East London festival.

The Golden Ark

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019 / pursuitofabbeyness / Leave a comment

In the Noah Man’s Land between inner-city bar and country inn, between craft cool and cask cosiness, floats The Golden Ark, one of London’s newest micropubs.

Last Orders

April 8, 2019April 8, 2019 / pursuitofabbeyness / Leave a comment

Bottle shops liquidating? A microbrewery in a football stadium? The cycle has peaked and the bell is ringing.

A Multitude of Sins

February 17, 2019March 16, 2019 / pursuitofabbeyness / Leave a comment

London’s Beavertown Brewery celebrated its seventh birthday with seven collaboration beers. Here’s what I thought about them.

A FSTA Buck

January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 / pursuitofabbeyness / Leave a comment

Asahi’s acquisition of London’s iconic Fuller’s brewing business had a shocked beer world searching for explanations last Friday. But the explanation is simple: this is a once-in-a-generation offer that Fuller’s board would have been negligent to turn down.

Collaboration x Cannibalisation

November 14, 2018December 31, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 1 Comment

The collaboration beer is a novel solution for marketing and distribution at scale―a challenge that used to necessitate ruthless consolidation.

World Famous in Denmark

July 4, 2018May 13, 2019 / pursuitofabbeyness / 3 Comments

Despite its name, most businesses in the craft beer industry are differentiated less by their products or manufacturing processes and more by their brand identities.

Pasc-ale’s Wager

July 26, 2017November 5, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 3 Comments

A Chaucerian pilgrimage to the Ales Tales Belgian Beer Festival in Bethnal Green, on which two signs are given, three poets share their wisdom, 10 ales are drunk, and one circle is closed.

Brew Day!… “Pacific Northwest”

July 17, 2017November 5, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 4 Comments

With a couple of friends to lend a helping hand, brew day can be a hospitable time of aimless conversation, mutual admiration of shiny brewing equipment, and shameless indulgence in good beer, cheese and ham.

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